Re[2]: Converting from XyWrite to MS Word

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On 19-DEC-1996 13:33:00.2 xywrite said to LESLIE319
  >Probably a stupid question, but what is wrong with using the
  >XY-Word filter in XY-Win?
  >The last Win version it lists is 2, but later WinWord versions
  >can read them just fine.
  >-- Rene 
  >Rene:
  >Unfortunately, it's not a stupid question. The WFW filters to a man
  >tend to add
  >spaces in odd places, like in the middle of words. Why XyQuest or TTG
  >didn't have someone write an XPL routine to convert XyW to RTF is
  >beyond me.

  Chances are, they're not spaces, but "soft hyphens." Go into expanded
mode and perhaps you will see a ~ character.

Leslie Bialler
Columbia Univesity Press
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